Lee vs Shabbona

A side-by-side comparison of Lee and Shabbona: population, income, housing, and more.

Lee and Shabbona are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shabbona has the higher population (756 vs 332 in Lee). Lee has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $75,375 in Shabbona). Shabbona has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $155,200 in Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Lee	Shabbona
Population	332	756
Median age	35.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$75,375
Median home value	$155,200	$180,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$885
Housing units	119	350
Homeownership rate	75.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee	Shabbona
Population	352 → 332 (-5.7%)	1,112 → 756 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $76,250 (+22.0%)	$59,583 → $75,375 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $155,200 (+33.8%)	$154,900 → $180,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,102 (+44.4%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

Lee

Population

352332

Median household income

$62,500$76,250

Median home value

$116,000$155,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,102

Shabbona

Population

1,112756

Median household income

$59,583$75,375

Median home value

$154,900$180,400

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lee	Shabbona
Under 5	6.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.5%
75 and over	3.6%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee	Shabbona
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	87.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee	Shabbona
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee	Shabbona
Drove alone	86.0%	90.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee	Shabbona
1-unit, detached	94.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lee	Shabbona
Poverty rate	18.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.96	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1959	1963